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Event Details
Estimated Maximum Intensity: II in Hormigueros, PR
Date: December 03, 2024 06:09:01 UTC
December 03, 2024 02:09:01 Hora Local
Region: Eastern Dominican Republic
Distances: 64.31 Km South-Southeast of Higüey,DR
65.96 Km West of Mona Island,PR
158.04 Km West of Mayagüez,PR
Magnitude: 3.14 Md
Location: Latitude: 18.0165 Longitude: -68.5268
Depth: 80 Km
Tsunami Warning Level: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Issued Date & Time 2024-12-03 03:24:13
ID: 20241203060901

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Epicentral Map (PRSN), Last Modified: 2024-12-03 03:24:18 Hora Local.
BULLETIN 1
Seismic Event/Tsunami
DATE: December 03, 2024
LOCAL TIME: 02:09:01
LATITUDE: 18.0165 N
LONGITUDE: 68.5268 W
LOCATION: 64.3 Km South-Southeast of Higüey,DR
158 Km West of Mayagüez,PR
DEPTH: 80 Km
MAGNITUDE: 3.14 Md
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM INTENSITY: II in Hormigueros, PR
TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL: No Warning, Advisory or Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
DATE & ISSUED TIME 2024-12-03 03:24:18
The Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) received information that this minor earthquake was reported as felt in Hormigueros with a maximum intensity of II (Modified Mercalli Scale, MM). At the moment of generating this bulletin no damages has been reported and are not expected to occur

Based on magnitude, location and historic records the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a destructive tsunami to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.

Technical Information

YEAR MO DA  --ORIGIN--  --LAT N-  --LON W--  DEPTH   RMS   ERH   ERZ  XMAG  FMAG  PMAG  INT                            
2024-12-03  0609  1.17  18  0.99   68 31.61  80.03  0.44  8.21  6.83        3.14  3.14D II                             
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NSTA NPHS  DMIN MODEL GAP ITR NFM NWR NWS NVR REMRKS-AVH  N.XMG-XMMAD-T   N.FMG-FMMAD-T  L F X                         
  12   12  57.2  PR1  223  12   6  12   6  12     Q  PPP   0.00  0.00      3.00  0.36 D                                
                                                                                                                       
XMAG2-N.XMG2-XMMAD-T-S  FMAG2-N.FMG2-FMMAD-T-S  PREF.MAG-N.PMAG-PRMAD-T                                                
                         3.14   3.00  0.36 Z        3.14   3.00  0.36 D                                                

REGION= Eastern Dominican Republic                                                                                     
                                                                                                                       
STA NET COM CR DIST AZM  AN P/S WT   SEC (TOBS -TCAL -DLY  =RES)  WT   SR  INFO  CAL DUR-W-FMAG-T -AMP-U-PER-W-XMAG-T  
PCDR PR BHZ  A 57.2  15 142 EP+ 1  14.99 13.82 13.37 0.00  0.45  0.93     0.124                                        
PCDR PR BHN  A 57.2  15 142 ES  1  25.52 24.35 23.80 0.00  0.55* 0.93S    0.643                                        
HMDR DR BHZ  A124.2 314 119 EP+ 1  21.00 19.83 19.88 0.00 -0.05  0.93     0.336 0.00  62   2.51 Z                      
HMDR DR BHN  A124.2 314 119 ES  1  35.71 34.54 35.39 0.00 -0.85* 0.93S    0.472                                        
CRPR PR HHZ  A150.1  90 114 IPD    24.13 22.96 22.79 0.00  0.17  1.86     0.541 0.55  47   3.14 Z                      
CRPR PR HH1  A150.1  90 114 ES  1  40.92 39.75 40.57 0.00 -0.82* 0.93S    0.292                                        
LSP  PR HHZ  A153.6  83 114 EP+ 1  24.58 23.41 23.19 0.00  0.22  0.93     0.101                                        
LSP  PR HH1  A153.6  83 114 ES  1  42.81 41.64 41.28 0.00  0.36  0.93S    0.211                                        
GBPR PR HHZ  A174.6  91 111 EP+ 1  26.80 25.63 25.64 0.00 -0.01  0.93     0.131                                        
GBPR PR HH1  A174.6  91 111 ES  1  46.17 45.00 45.64 0.00 -0.64* 0.93S    0.204                                        
ECPR PR HHZ  A231.5  81 106 EP- 1  33.86 32.69 32.46 0.00  0.23  0.88     0.284 0.55  63   3.50 Z                      
ECPR PR HH2  A231.5  81 106 ES  1  58.46 57.29 57.78 0.00 -0.49  0.88S    0.654                                        

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